U-Elon Musk, oyi-CEO yenkampani yaseCalifornia, kudala ebiza lo mkhiqizo ngokuthi yiTesla. Ukushintsha igama manje kuqediwe futhi kuqala ukusebenza ngokushesha.
NgoJulayi wonyaka odlule, uhlobo lweSilicon Valley lwashintsha isizinda salo sasuka ku-teslamotors.com saya ku-tesla.com. Ushintsho oluhlakaniphile, kodwa hhayi olungenacala.Manje, ngemva kwezinyanga eziyisithupha, I-Tesla Motors ekugcineni isimemezele ukuguqulwa kwegama layo elisemthethweni libe yi-Tesla Inc , igama elifakwe kulo Lwesithathu (Februwari 1) ne-US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
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Yasungulwa ngo-2003 eCalifornia, i-Tesla yaphumelela ngempela emhlabeni wonke ngemva kweminyaka engu-9, ngokwethulwa kwe-Tesla Model S, impumelelo (okwamanje) engabonakali ngenzuzo ephumelelayo yomkhiqizo. I-saloon kagesi yayinesibopho sokwenza i-Tesla ireferensi brand uma kuziwa kumamodeli kagesi, kodwa umkhiqizo ngeke ume lapho.
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi u-Elon Musk, i-CEO ye-brand yaseCalifornian, ufuna ukwenza i-Tesla ibe ngaphezu komkhiqizi wemoto "elula", futhi ubufakazi balokhu kwakuwukungena emakethe yokukhiqiza nokugcina amandla (ngokutholwa kwe-SolarCity), lokhu yomkhiqizo osevele ukhiqize awawo amabhethri neziteshi zokushaja.
Ngakho-ke, ngokufanayo nalokho okwenzeka kwenye inkampani yaseCalifornia ngokunembile eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule - ngo-2007 i-Apple Computer yaqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-Apple Inc. - lolu shintsho lungaphezu kwesu lokumaketha. U-Elon Musk ufuna ukuhlukanisa indawo yebhizinisi lakhe, futhi lesi esinye isinyathelo kuleso simo.
Sikukhumbuza ukuthi uTesla usanda kuvezwa ngokusemthethweni ePortugal - thola okwengeziwe lapha.